The book is a deep examination of Bach's very creative process, based on first looking at how he transformed the texts for the cantatas and vocal works into musical motifs, and then looking at how that process can be regarded as a basis for gaining a deeper appreciation and understanding of the purely instrumental works. (Joe Armstrong)

Nabu Press reprint:
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Comments:

The book is in the process of translating to English by Joe Armstrong. The second chapter of this translation has just been published in the BACH: Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute, Baldwin-Wallace College.